The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-09-13
EAST DALLAS COUNCIL.
The Red-hOt O'Reilly ResOIu-
tiOn Defeated.


After attending TO some important
routine business last hight the East
Dallas council had its attention called
to Mr.. O'Reilly's annexation resolu.
ton, as follows:
Whereas, several of our misguided
citizens, bent upon wrccking our mu-
nicipal corporation, did recently, being
actuated by the motive aforesaid,
frame and procure to be framed,
petition addressed TO. the honorable
county court of Dallas county. request.
ing the said court to proclaim and Or
der an election to be held within our
city limits, to determine whether or
not this city should or not be annexed
to the adjoining debt-ridden, though
senior, city of Dallas, and,
Whereas, tho said several misguided
citizens, ms shown by the number of
signatures appended to the said petit
tion--to wit, TO the number of 150 or
more-havc unfortunately succeeded
in convincing our honorable county
court that il was within its province
10 order the said election to decide
the said proposition; and
Whereas, our honorable court ignor-
ing the fact that we, the people OF the
city Of East Dallas, were municipal
corporation, having q mayor and com.
mon council, which said mayor and
common council constitutes the only
sovereign power which within our
corporate limits has sole jurisdiction
in such matters as ordering elections
for any municipal purpose, has re.
ceived the said petition and has order
cd and proclaimed that Oh the oath
day of September the people of this
city shall elect. and vote on the said
proprosed measure OF annexation:
TheI efore, be il resolved that we,
the common council of fEastDallas here
by denounce:
/. The said petitioners for their
treasonab,c acts toward the best inter-
csts Of this municipality, and fol. their
gross exhibition of disrcspect toward
this, their city council. in applying TO
q foreign and extra-territorial power
TO aid and further their reasonable
schemes, and
2. We denouncc the said county
court for attempting to arrogatc to it.
self the power to exercise such pre-
rogative as ordering elections on
municipal measures within tie con-
fines OF this city.
lie it further resolved, Tat we
hereby authorize our mayor to issue u
proclamation forbidding sucn election
(ordered as aforesaid) to take place,
and we hereby authorize and com
mand our city marshal to appoint and
commission as many deputies as he
may deem necessary to aid and assist
him in suppressing and preventing
any and all efforts to hold the said
election as ordered by the county
court to take place in this city on the
oath instant.
BE it further resolved. That we
hereby pledge the credit of this city
to defray all costs incurred, or to be
incurred, in pi osecuting for sedition
and conspiracy, all those who shall di-
rcctly or indirectly lend themselves or
their efforts to further the aims of the
said misguided citizens.
County Judge Bower being present
was called upon to express his opinion
concerning the resolutions Said he
had never in the course of his life
heard more discourteous document
read in any Legislative body. lie
asked the mayor if he would
attempt to carry the resolutions into
effect should they be adopted. ("No,"
replied the mayor) lie said within
twelve months he had tried forty men
for insanity, who had been sent to the
asylum, and not one of them evinced
such signs of lunacy as did the resolu-
tions.
Alderman Wheat said their was a
great deal in the resolutions that was
uncalled for and it was a shame and a
disgrace.
Alderman O'Reilly said he stood by
his resolution. lie thought il an in
suit by the citizens who signed the
petition for all election, TO the council
of East Dallas, which ought to have
been petitioned to carry measure of
into effect. lie said the
resolution had had one effect he de-
sired. IL would put the people to
and inquiriDg, aud they
could then find out the little schemes
that were on foot; that sworn officials
had been approached with bribes
that the city marshal had been ap-
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